Kmart is Closing

Kmart is closing
And I know why
This Walmart effect makes me want to cry
The people have spoken with their money
But I don't think it is funny
The good jobs
Well they are going away
Being replaced by jobs with no pay
The benefits are too small
And the kids they are trying to raise just want to bawl
The internet is part of the problem too
Macy's stores are closing around you
So where are the people supposed to go
To reap what they sow
The billionaires laugh at the plight
Of this unfairness day and night
March is when Kmart is going to close
Get 20% off a pair of panty hose!
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Posted: Jan 2017
About this poem:
Saw two people standing with signs advertising 20% at Kmart today. The wind chill must be below zero. I am suprised they lasted this long. My job was cut two weeks after one of these Walmart superstores opened in 2006. For every one of these Walmarts that open, 300 jobs are cut from the community, and replaced by 330 Walmart jobs that have far lower pay and benefits.

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WILDANDREADY
very clever piece! travis!dancing
lovecanberealonline today!
Unfortunately the way the World is going, a different kind of write, but you certainly get your point across
godsprincessonline today!
Very sad indeed!! crying

Kathy sad flower
mcradloff
WILDANDREADY, thanks for your comment, they now have someone holding a sign at an intersection in town.banana
mcradloff
lovecanbereal, thanks for your comment on my poem. It is scary to see three people holding signs advertising Kmart's closing.banana
mcradloff
godsprincess, thanks for your comment. It is sad, i feel bad for the sign holders the most.banana
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